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Thursday, May 11, 2017

Texture It Up! {Cardz 4 Galz}

Hello, blogging friends and visitors! It's great to see you this morning, and I hope you are doing well.

A DESIGN TEAM CALL AND new challenge begins at Cardz 4 Galz Challengestoday!Badges are awarded for the Spotlight Winner and Top Picks.

Challenge #47 is chosen by teamie Sian -and the theme is:

Add Texture to Your Card.

Show us your cards using any and all manner of textures -

Challenge ends on May 24.IF INTERESTED in an enjoyable, lay-back, easy-to-manage DESIGN TEAMTHIS WOULD BE IT!Caz, our DT Coordinator, is the nicest, most kind coordinator I've had the pleasure of designing with - so don't hesitate contacting her if you're interested!

Leaving my proverbial box behind, I made my first Christmas card of the year - sigh - so much for good intentions of 2 Christmas cards per month!

Lots of Textures and Lots of "Old Stuff" from my stash!

KandCompany printed Christmas paper which has to be at least 10 years old! Yikes!

Rhinestone sparklies (2 years old? 3 years old?) added to the columns on the paper.

One of my first digital images ever - I don't know who drew it, but it's cute! (colored with Copics)

Virginal Sizzix rosettes, inked on the edges, and topped with glittered snowflake brads which are at least 10 years old (another yikes!)

Glitter Tinsel, again, at least 4 or 5 years old.

Pretty striped grosgrain ribbon which is also several years old.

Not to mention the cheesecloth from MY GREAT AUNT AGNES' COOKING STASH! (double yikes! since it must be from the 1960s or 1970s).

Good standbys like Starfire Glitter to jazz up the Chloe Stems.

I love the rosettes on other people's cards, and I finally used my Sizzix die which has two sizes of rosettes cut out in a single pass:

I am falling more deeply in love with the Nuvo Glue Pens. This time I used the medium tip on these tiny brads, and dredged with Starfire G1017 Ultrafine Glitter. The glitter is rock hard on the brads! Pleasant surprise. I even pressed down hard and rubbed, and no glitter came off!

53 comments:

This is beautiful with lots of texture. Your cards are always sooooooo full of beauty and joy.

We celebrate the first anniversary of United World Sanctuary on May 17th. I will try and send photos to you. I plan to conduct a loving kindness meditation for the ladies. Am expecting about 10 people. Going to keep it very simple.

I kind of made that same resolution, 1 every week lol You may be ahead of me on the Christmas card cunt! hahahaha This is fabulous! I love all of that glorious texture AND that fantastic layering! From the glitter to the cheesecloth to the Copic coloring! This is all over YUMMY! Merry Merry!

Oh my goodness, this is stunning, Donna!! The textures you added are amazing!! I love the sparkle and the rosettes!! Each detail is perfection!! What a gorgeous Christmas card this is, my friend!! I love, love it!! Have a great day!! Big hugs :)

Yay, Donna, your first of the year! Better than none at all, right? How fun it is to click up close and examine every detail of your card. My eyes keep finding surprises. You're a master at tucking in little treasures where I'd never think to add them. Love the image. So cute with the tree hanging from the toe, tee hee! You keep me busy looking around at my things and loving all the toys. What fun we have!

Beautiful Christmas card! I love the red jewels that you used on that pretty KC paper, I believe I still have some of that too! Your rosettes are so pretty with the glittery snowflakes in the center and I love the image of the stocking!

WOW, Donna, glorious texture everywhere! Love the shapes of the image and the red frame for it. The rosettes are perfect for Christmas, especially the snowflake centers. I adore the pops of glitter and the cheesecloth. I can't even comment on everything I love. I'd be typing til midnight! :-D

Wow, loads of layers and loads of texture. I love all the different elements you've incorporated, and the very Christmassy colours pulling it together. A fab card, and well done for starting your Christmas card stash for the year. Thank you for sharing with us at the Christmas Card Throwdown.

Wow great design and great colouring. Love those Rosettes, they look fabulous with this project. Lovely work and as always, a real pleasure to pop over and visit your blog and view your amazing talent.

You've certainly gone to town on the layers and I love it. The colours go together beautifully and the rosettes are the perfect finishing touch. Brilliant that you've used up so much of your stash (and your GA Agnes' stash) too. Now I'll need to go and checkout these glue pens. Thanks for playing along at Christmas Card Throwdown.

Wow Donna, such a fabulous Christmas card! So much texture and detail, I just keep looking at it, to take it all in! Gorgeous traditional colours too. Good luck with your plan, I'm sure you'll have more made before I even start mine!Janice x

very nice. Thank you for sharing with us over here at "A Perfect Time To Craft" and best of luck with your entry.Bye,Ine DT for: http://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.nl/http://creaine-cards.blogspot.nl/

Wonderful embellishments on such a stunning creation, something about the traditional Christmas colours that never fail to please.

That is some rainfall, we could indeed do with it here, we've had less than an inch this month and not much more last, as usual they are taking about hosepipe banks here in the UK, always makes me smile given we are a Country well know for being wet.

Those blossoms in my post are actually wild ones would you believe, they are common hedgerow bushes here in the UK and I've loved them since a child when they lined Dad's fields, their wonderful perfume is so intense and even more so in the evening.

We have them all along the top hedgerow of one of our paddocks, my Dad planted them for us about thirty years ago and although I lost him Christmas a few years ago I never fail to think of him when I see their blossom.......well I think of him every day, but anything related to nature evokes such strong feelings as he taught me to love everything in it's natural glory, where most of my crafting inspiration come from.

A sparkly beauty in traditional colors and with plenty of detailing. I like how you made his flower suit the Christmas theme and adding extra glitter to your design, and the rosettes are also great decorative elements. I realize I've missed a few posts, so going to catch up now.

Well, you have made one more Christmas card than I have!!! Donna, what an awesome card. Love the traditional colors and all that sparkle and shine. Image is so cute, who wouldn't want a full stocking like that!! Wonderful card.

Oh you have outdone yourself once again Donna! This is incredible! Love all the beautiful tradition colors and variation of the embellishments. Great use of your great aunt's cheese cloth. Wish I have your talent with working with different embellishment elements. But I'm too much of a CAS cards gal! Haha. Wishing you a beautiful week Donna. Take care. Hugs.

Donna, this is absolutely spectacular and I love it even more when I see that you used old stash. I have a lot of those shaped brads tucked away and always forget to use them...but you've inspired me. Your great aunt Agnes's cheesecloth is undoubtedly proud to have a second life as a card embellishment, and it adds to the vintage feel. If you only have two cards this year, you should be proud that this is one of them!!

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